Easter Chicken Curry

Hows the Easter preps going on? Waiting to break your lent & gorge on all the meat you could lay your eyes on, eh ;) Here is an Easter special chicken recipe. Now if you ask me, why it's called Easter chicken, I'm clueless. I got this recipe from my aunt, Tesschechy, during my last vacation. I was hunting for new recipes in her recipe diaries (btw, she has around 10-15 of such diaries) I caught sight of this one. At first glance, I thought it's a bit complex & lengthy one, so decided not to cut & paste. But she convinced me that this is a must try recipe & she even made it for me to prove her point. She proved her point pretty well!

This recipe is something you wont cook on a daily basis. It's a rich curry & the cooking time is a bit longer than the usual curries. So I guess it's called Easter chicken, because it's usually made on special occasions & whoever came up with the original recipe, made it on a Easter day :) Now, does that make any sense? People often say that my logical reasoning is weird, but I guess it works for me ;)

Btw, I'm not very happy with this picture. I think I wasnt able to capture it well. Hey, did I tell you? We moved to a new apartment & here I'm yet to find a perfect place for my photo shoot. Also “somebody” decided to play around with my camera, so I ended up with all different settings. Now, I just dont know how to go back to the original settings. Too many things to figure out, sigh! Somehow blaming others for all things gone wrong, gives you immense happiness & satisfaction, what say ;)?

On another note, I'm so happy to share with you that this little space crossed the mark of 10,000 + page views per day. It was a great feeling & it's all because of YOU. Thank You very much for your support & encouragement.

One more thing, just because its called Easter chicken doesnt mean, you can make this only on Easter day. You can make it for any special occasion or make it on an ordinary day & turn that into a special one :) Btw, you can also check out the party menu here, if in case you are still undecided about the Easter menu.

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Just came here as Dhanya posted a pic of this dish she made. I am sure going to try this one for a special occasion too. Did you use chicken breast or chicken with bones. If you want to know what your preavious setting of the camera go to one of your old pics and chek the details there,that is what i do :-)

Thanks Maria, this is a fantastic recipe, I tried out a small version at home first and they tried a bigger portion for about 8 people for a family get together. Everyone loved it… including one of the family who’s Irish.. Simply finger licking delicious…… :)

Thanks maria for all your wonder ful recipes. I tried once at home and it came out really well. Then i started to make for all my get together party’s. Everyone liking it sooooooooooo much:) Now this curry is always there on my menu list for all the parties. Finger licking recipe:) Thanks once again. It really goes well with ghee rice…………………………………

Thanks a lot for this recipe. This recipe has become a part of my daily chore now. My husband just loves this. Great recipe! Just one funny spelling error, on Point 4. Thank you so much Maria for this blog. It has helped me so many of us like me who are just beginners in cooking!

I cooked this curry today for my birthday boy (hubby) dinner, and it was superb. I don’t have chicken with bones so I resorted to use boneless chicken breast. Next time I’ll use whole chicken and try again. Thank you for sharing. Belated New Year wishes to you and family.

I tried out this recipe on New Year!!! It was absolutely a wonderful recipe. Prepared with whole chicken. Chicken curry was over within 2 days. Everyone liked it a lot. Infact I enjoy trying out all your recipes. Coriander chicken curry too came out well. And right now I’m preparing Ur latest recipe, Spicy chicken korma… Jaimy

Hi Maria, if i want to try out this recipe for 1 kg chicken do i double the quantity of all the ingredients mentioned?? will a kg of chicken be sufficient for a gathering of 7-8 people.. pls suggest ( iam new to cooking)

I prepared this curry.. It came out really well .:)) It was a variety dish and new taste distinct from my normal chicken curry.. I didn’t add any cashew paste and still the curry was very thick.. Thank you for post.. I am really confident in trying your recipes .. :)